Biden Admin Discussed A Partial Iran Deal With Allies - Axios
The Biden Administration has been entertaining the idea of a partial nuclear deal with Iran and has discussed it with allies, Axios reported on Monday.
The Biden Administration has been entertaining the idea of a partial nuclear deal with Iran and has discussed it with allies, Axios reported on Monday.
According to a report by Barak Ravid, its correspondent in Israel, Axios said that according to ten Israeli and Western sources the administration shared the plan with allies.
In exchange for freezing Iran’s uranium enrichment at 60 percent the US would ease some sanctions. If true, Iran would gain the advantage of being a few months away from producing 90-percent enriched uranium needed for a nuclear weapon and enjoy the benefits of sanctions relief.
The report says that Israeli officials told the Biden team that Iran would be threading on dangerous ground that could lead to an Israeli military strike if it enriches above the 60-percent level.
Since September when nuclear talks reached a deadlock the Biden administration has been insisting that it is no longer focused on restoring the 2015 nuclear deal known as the JCPOA. The White House has been insisting on Iran respecting human rights and refraining from supplying weapons to Russia, in what seems to be a new and tougher position regarding the Iranian regime.
A US National Security Council spokesman told Axios that the administration is “absolutely committed to ensuring Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon, and we still believe diplomacy is the best way to achieve that objective,” but rejected the report of a partial deal as second-hand rumors, insisting that “nearly all such rumors are false.”.
